by Lea Morris
©2020
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Just as you are, all parts, recorded by Lea Morris:
Just as you are, without changing a thing
Just as you are, I accept you
I see you, I hear you, I welcome you in
Just as you are, Just as you are
Kaitie writes: Lea Morris is a beloved friend of ours at this point; we fell in love with her music first and then were blessed to host her for Sing Into Spring 2024. She has also visited us at Berkeley Adult School in 2025.
This song is one that she wrote for her then-14-year-old daughter, and the tenderness of her parent self really comes through. It is one my own now-5-year-old loves for me to sing to her, and I also sing it to myself. I think there is no end to the application for loving compassion such as this. What a good medicine song; a good reminder for both the one singing, and the one being sung to.
Lea makes this song very available through her website: for just $25 you get unlimited license, sheet music, vocal tracks and a lyric sheet. If you are a choir member, know that we have purchased this for our LRC use. If you are a songleader as well, please purchase it for your own use and support Lea’s work. The link to purchase is above.
Tenor/Melody:
Alto:
Soprano:
Bass:
Sheet music and Lyric Sheet: